Servings
Font
Back
0 from 9 votes

Irish Coffee

This Irish coffee spikes strong coffee with Irish whiskey and sweetens it with confectioners' sugar, cream, and vanilla. The perfect way to start, er, end your day.

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 345 kcal
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: Irish

Ingredients

  • 1 cup heavy cream chilled
  • 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar or less to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 6 ounces Irish whiskey
  • 4 cups hot, freshly brewed, strong black coffee
  • granulated sugar to taste

Instructions

    Cup of Yum
  1. In a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the cream, confectioners’ sugar, and vanilla until soft peaks form, 2 to 3 minutes. (Or, if you prefer to work your biceps, you can whisk the cream by hand, but it'll take you quite a lot longer than 2 to 3 minutes.)
  2. Warm 4 coffee cups or mugs by rinsing them with hot water and drying them.
  3. Pour 1 1/2 ounces whiskey into each cup or mug. Add 1 cup coffee and sugar to taste to each cup or mug and stir. Top with a dollop of whipped cream and serve immediately. (You may wish to serve the cups of whiskey-laced coffee and pass the sugar and whipped cream on the side so guests can be as abstemious or as indulgent as they like.)

Notes

  • This is perhaps the easiest after-dinner drink ever. Still, chances are that you’ll be making it when you have a dining room filled with friends, so you may as well make things as easy as possible on yourself. So before your guests arrive, measure the grounds and program your coffeemaker, set out the Irish whiskey and the mugs, and, if you feel like pushing your luck, whip the cream and tuck it in the fridge just before you sit down to dinner. All that’s left for later is warming the mugs and the final assembly—we’re talking 3 minutes at most.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1coffee Calories 345kcal (17%) Carbohydrates 9g (3%) Protein 2g (4%) Fat 22g (34%) Saturated Fat 14g (70%) Monounsaturated Fat 6g Cholesterol 82mg (27%) Sodium 28mg (1%) Sugar 8g (16%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 345

% Daily Value*

Serving 1coffee
Calories 345kcal 17%
Carbohydrates 9g 3%
Protein 2g 4%
Fat 22g 34%
Saturated Fat 14g 70%
Monounsaturated Fat 6g 30%
Cholesterol 82mg 27%
Sodium 28mg 1%
Sugar 8g 16%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.